Leading Market Research Firm Names Gearworks "Mobile Player to Watch in 2008"

Business Wire, Feb 14, 2008

Annual study highlights Gearworks' tier-one mobile operator partnerships and developing ISV ecosystem built on its appmosphere[TM] platform

MINNEAPOLIS -- Gearworks, a leading provider of location-based mobile business applications, today announced that IDC, a premier global provider of market intelligence and advisory services, recognized the company as one of "Ten Emerging Mobile Players To Watch in 2008.1"

The annual IDC report highlights companies IDC analysts believe are poised to make substantial impacts in the larger mobile market. The report recognizes the companies as "hotbeds of creativity, new thinking and innovation."

According to the report, "IDC chose Gearworks as an emerging company to watch for 2008 because of its growing list of tier-one mobile operator partnerships, and IDC's belief that Gearworks has a strong opportunity to develop an impressive ISV (independent software vendor) ecosystem around its appmosphere(TM) platform. This is due to the fact that the company is looking to help ISV's address two of the key challenges of developing and bringing mobile software to market -- the speed at which new mobile devices (and accompanying OS's) are introduced, and building an effective channel by which to deliver those applications. In addition, Gearworks' working relationships with mobile operators will give them the ability and credibility to attract ISV's to the appmosphere platform and build out their location-based mobile business application portfolios."

"We are honored to be classified by IDC as one of the top emerging mobile players in the upcoming year," said Todd Krautkremer, president and chief executive officer for Gearworks. "As the only provider of location-based services delivered across all major carrier networks in the United States, Gearworks is the clear solution of choice for mobile operators and ISVs. And, with the recent launch and initial success of appmosphere, Gearworks continues to gain industry and customer momentum."

About Gearworks

Gearworks provides the industry's leading carrier-class platform for location-based mobile business applications -- appmosphere[TM]. Appmosphere enables wireless carriers to deliver location-based business applications to market faster, software vendors to easily mobilize their applications, and enterprises to cost-effectively deploy custom applications to mobile workers through any wireless carrier on any mobile device. Appmosphere is the technology foundation for Gearworks' industry-leading mobile workforce management applications, including its etrace([R]) product and other carrier-branded products. With appmosphere and its applications, the company serves thousands of small- to medium-sized business and enterprise customers across a broad range of industries -- including healthcare, field service, home and store delivery, construction, utilities and government services.

1 IDC, "Ten Emerging Mobile Players to Watch in 2008," Doc # 210553, February 2008.